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∗ For the jaziya, Hughes, 248; Encyclopædia of Islam, i. 1051-1052; Elliot, i. 476; Barani’s Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi, 290. For the rate and manner of levying, Br. Mus. MS. Or. 1641, 65b—66b; Mirat-i-Ahmadi, 313-314 (followed by me); Ishwardas, 74; Storia, ii. 234. For its imposition by Aurangzib, M.A. 174, Khafi Khan, ii. 255, 278-279, 377-378. In the 37th year of his reign (1693) a sanad was issued exempting the Christians [of Agra] and their priests from the capitation tax. (J.A.S.B. 1912, p. 328.)